Nikolas Saira

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Nikolas Saira
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Saira with HIFK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Honka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Espoo 19 (4)
2017–2021 HIFK 32 (1)
2017 → Gnistan (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → MyPa (loan) 4 (0)
2021 AC Oulu 20 (3)
2022 Olbia 8 (0)
2023 HIFK 17 (2)
International career‡
2015 Finland U17 6 (1)
2016 Finland U18 4 (2)
2017 Finland U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2017

Nikolas Saira (born 11 February 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward. [1]

Contents

Club career

Born in Helsinki, Saira started his career in FC Honka youth system. [2]

On 28 January 2022, he signed with Italian Serie C club Olbia. [2]

On 9 December 2022, Saira agreed to return to HIFK for the 2023 season. [3]

International career

Saira was a youth international for Finland. [4]

Career statistics

As of 23 September 2024. [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honka Akatemia 2015 Nelonen 10–10
Espoo 2016 Kakkonen 194–194
HIFK 2017 Veikkausliiga 8040120
2018 Ykkönen 121–121
2019 Veikkausliiga12040160
2020 Veikkausliiga103040
Total331110441
HIFK II2017 Kolmonen 31–31
2018Kakkonen10–10
2019Kolmonen53–53
Total940094
Gnistan (loan) 2017 Ykkönen10–10
MYPA (loan) 2020 Ykkönen40–40
AC Oulu 2021 Veikkausliiga20330233
OLS 2021Kakkonen21–21
Olbia 2021–22 Serie C 800080
HIFK 2023 Ykkönen17281253
Career total1141522113616

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    References

    1. ↑ Nikolas Saira at Soccerway
    2. 1 2 "Benvenuto Nikolas Saira". www.olbiacalcio.com (in Italian). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
    3. ↑ "Nikolas Saira sopimukseen HIFK:n kanssa" [Nikolas Saira has an agreement with HIFK] (in Finnish). HIFK. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
    4. ↑ Perret, Christoffer (4 March 2017). "Nikolas Saira ja Eero Hyökyvirta valittiin alle 18-vuotiaiden maajoukkueeseen". HIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
    5. ↑ Nikolas Saira stats, Finnish FA


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